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Tax-forfeited land sale in Springfield approved

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved the sale of tax-forfeited land in Springfield Tuesday. The City of Springfield requested the sale of the property at 124 Park Avenue North that was forfeited in July 2017 to the City of Springfield for $500 plus applicable fees, due to blighted condition as part of rehabilitation program. Springfield spent $4,987.16 on the demolition of the blighted/abandoned home in 2012. Minnesota Statute 282.01 allows for the acquisition of tax-forfeited land by a governmental subdivision at a reduced price due to blight. Since the City ...

Chief Sleepy Eye monument and sculpture stand tall

SLEEPY EYE — A replica of a painting of Chief Sleepy Eye will disappear from the front of Sleepy Eye High School next fall as well as the mascot from school athletic team uniforms, but a monument and sculpture will continue to stand tall downtown. A monument in honor of Chief Sleepy Eye ...

Kickin’ it for Swany’s Pub

COURTLAND — The brother and sister team of Brian “Beanie” and Kelli Fluegge celebrated their 25th anniversary of owning Swany’s Pub Saturday. Fifteen teams of male and female kickball players from New Ulm, Courtland, Nicollet, Mankato, Lake Crystal and nearby communities reunited with ...

Indivisible organization holds empty chair town hall

ST. PETER - Members of the New Ulm and St. Peter/Greater Mankato area chapters of Indivisible, a grassroots movement, held an Empty Chair Town Hall meeting Saturday at Minnesota Square Park Pavilion in St. Peter. Event chair Marian Broida said they invited Representative Brad Finstad to the ...

Sleepy Eye man needs open heart surgery

SLEEPY EYE — Metal scrap dealer Melvin Hoffman continues to work these days despite a serious health condition he was born with. Hoffman works at New Ulm Steel & Recycling and recycles scrap metal with his son Dustin. “I’m old school. I like to work. I’ve worked with broken legs. ...

Six finalists named for Sleepy Eye elementary principal

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School Superintendent John Cselovszki presented the names of six elementary principal finalists to the school board Wednesday. The list includes New Ulm Public School special education teacher Crystal Ibberson, Fridley Public Schools Special Services Director Laura Seifert-Hertling, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Learning Coordinator Jason Toupence, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial math teacher Kyle Leeson, Blue Earth second-grade teacher Keri Murphy, and Riverbend Education District Dean of Students Benjamin Westphal. Cselovszki said the ...